Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in digital education technology make it possible for learners all over the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Scholars want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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